Polycentridae

The status, affinity, scope or nomenclature of this taxon is disputed.

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Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ovalentaria
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria

Familia: Polycentridae
Genera (4): Afronandus – Monocirrhus – Polycentropsis – Polycentrus

Name

Polycentridae Gill, 1858

Type genus: Polycentrus Müller & Troschel, 1849

References

Betancur-R., R., Wiley, E.O., Arratia, G., Acero P., A., Bailly, N., Miya, M., Lecointre, G. & Ortí, G. 2017. Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17(1): 162. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-017-0958-3 . Reference page.
Collins, R.A., Britz, R. & Rüber, L. 2015. Phylogenetic systematics of leaffishes (Teleostei: Polycentridae, Nandidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 53(4): 259–272. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12103

Gill, T.N. 1858. Synopsis of the fresh water fishes of the western portion of the island of Trinidad, W. I. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 6(nos 10–13, art. 38): 363–430. BHL Reference page. [see p. 371: BHL]
Günther, A.C.L.G. 1861. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. London 3: i–xxv + 1–586 + i–x. BHL Reference page. [see p. 370: BHL]
Jordan, D.S., 1876. A classification of fishes: including families and genera as far as known. Stanford University Publications, Biological sciences v. 3 (no. 2): 77– 243. BHL [see p. 202: BHL]
Kullander, S.O. & Britz, R. 2002. Revision of the family Badidae (Teleostei: Perciformes), with a description of a new genus and ten new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 13(4): 295–372. Reference page.
Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the World, fourth edition. John Wiley, Hoboken, 624 pp. ISBN 0-471-25031-7. ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9. Reference page.
Van der Laan, R. 2018. Family-group names of fossil fishes. European Journal of Taxonomy 466: 1–167. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.466 Reference page.

Links

Polycentridae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Polycentridae in the World Register of Marine Species
Polycentridae and its species in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024. (included genera out of date)
Genera of Polycentridae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Polycentridae – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Vielstachler
English: Leaffishes
galego: Policéntridos
Nederlands: Veelstekelbaarzen
norsk: Bladfisker
português: Peixe-folha
ไทย: วงศ์ปลาใบไม้อเมริกาใต้
українська: Поліцентрові

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